He had let her down multiple times. He could comprehend it if she happened to still bear a grudge against him.
Niamh stood aside, keeping an eye on Kendrick’s reaction. Seeing that he was still sound asleep, she felt relieved.
‘Looks like the reagent is safe to use. At the very least, there are no side effects.’
She strolled over to Kendrick and tried to call out to him, “Kendrick.”
The man continued pretending to be asleep.
Niamh picked up a blanket to cover Kendrick and gently touched him on the face.
‘Kendrick, I’m willing to pay any price as long as I can get the poison out of your body.”
…
Lillian was hospitalized for a week for observation. After that, she was brought back to Waldburg Manor by Kendrick and Niamh.
Niamh noticed her daughter could mingle around with anyone except for Kendrick. Whenever Kendrick made an appearance before her, she would either shake her head or hide behind Niamh.
Despite the little girl being unable to speak, Niamh could still understand what was going on in her mind. She guessed that perhaps Lillian was hurt by Kendrick’s previous cold attitude toward her.
Kendrick could not do anything as well. He could not blame anyone but himself.
Fabian was always attempting to get further information about Lillian’s wellbeing. He had been to the hospital and Waldburg Manor but always spotted Kendrick beside Lillian.
He dared not approach her. Finally, this time, Kendrick had gone out to run an errand. He brought a bouquet that was made of cups of yogurt and sneaked his way into Waldburg Manor.
Lillian was sitting on a small bench, fully focusing on eating her cherry. Her big pair of teary eyes were staring straight ahead.
Fabian immediately went over when he saw the servant taking care of Lillian entering the house.
“Lillian,” he called out softly, and Lillian suddenly raised her big eyes.
However, as soon as Lillian saw that it was Fabian who showed up, her expression turned for the worst. The plate on her hand suddenly dropped to the floor with a clang as the cherries scattered all over.
“What’s wrong, Lillian? It’s me, Mr. White Hair.” Fabian was puzzled by Lillian’s reaction, but he could see that Lillian was rejecting him.
“Lillian?”
Lillian shook her head and spun around, her little body making its way into the house.
She was running too hurriedly, so with a thud, she fell on the green field.
Fabian quickly ran over and carried her. “Lillian, are you hurt?”
He asked, looking worried. However, Lillian kept struggling with all her might and let out a disgruntled sound.
Karen heard the commotion and ran out, out to see that Fabian was carrying Lillian. She picked up a broom from beside and flung it toward Fabian.
“Who are you? Quickly put down my granddaughter! How dare you sneak into my house and kidnap my kid?!” Karen was infuriated as she roared at Fabian.
Fabian wanted to explain, but Karen started smacking him mercilessly.
Fabian placed Lillian down to prevent Karen from injuring her.
As soon as Lillian’s feet touched the ground, she quickly shoved Fabian away and ran to Karen.
Heartbroken, Karen carried the child. “Oh my dear sweetheart, don’t be scared. I’m right here.” She comforted, but she was still glaring at Fabian at the same time. “Why aren’t you leaving yet? Do you want me to report you to the cops and have them arrest you, you human trafficker?”
‘Human trafficker?’
Fabian felt helpless, but he could not blame her for misunderstanding him.
Previously, he used to carry Lillian and the little girl would welcome him. She would even take the initiative to come to him on her accord.
During their first encounter, the little girl even kissed him with an innocent look.
However, she now hated him.
It was Fabian’s very first time feeling this disappointed.
He had no ulterior motive against Lillian and was sincerely trying to protect and provide her with more love and concern.
However, after giving it another thought, he realized that Lillian might not see things the same way. Just who was he to Lillian?
‘Why would she care about my concern?’
Niamh was initially talking on the phone upstairs. When she heard the commotion, she quickly came down.
Karen was comforting Lillian while scolding Fabian, “I wonder where this scumbag showed up from? He even has the guts to kidnap kids.”
‘Kidnap kids?’
Niamh looked over to the main entrance and noticed Fabian.
Niamh was well aware of Fabian’s attitude toward Lillian and tried to explain, “Mom, he’s someone I know. He’d never kidnap Lillian. Lillian also loves playing with him.”
Karen was not buying it. “How is it possible that Lillian loves playing with him? Earlier, I saw Lillian struggling to free herself from his arms with my own eyes. As soon as that scumbag let her go, she immediately came to me.”
Niamh felt perturbed after listening to what Karen said.
“Is it true, Mom? Lillian didn’t want to play with him?” she questioned.
Karen nodded. “Do you think I’d lie to you?”
Of course, Niamh did not think that Karen would lie to her. ‘But if that’s the case…’
She walked to the innocent little child and squatted. “Lillian.”
Lillian nodded her head as if she was answering Niamh.
Niamh touched the little child’s face. “Lillian, I’ll make sure you’ll be back to how you used to be.”
She gave her promise. When Kendrick was back from his errands, she explained everything to him.
Kendrick found it weird as well after hearing the story.
“Kendrick, Lillian seems to strongly oppose you and Fabian. What happened on that day? You guys must have done something, something that made her extremely upset.”
Kendrick furrowed his brows, trying to recall the incident that day. He was disgusted at himself.
“That day, Lillian had walked to me with a look of anticipation, but I stopped my footsteps and ignored her,” he said, speaking as if his energy had been drained out from him.
Niamh could sense that Kendrick was blaming himself and regretting his actions.
“I’m guessing that at that time, Lillian must have been extremely sad and let down.” Kendrick tried to make a guess.
“Then, how about Fabian? What was he doing at that time?”
“Lillian was the only one in my eyes. I didn’t pay any attention to what he was doing at that moment.” Kendrick tried to recall everything, but he just could not figure out what was Fabian up to at that moment.
Niamh did not pester anymore as she knew Kendrick was having it tough.
However, regardless of what happened, she made up her mind to send Lillian to a psychologist.
The little girl was now mute and she could not bear to see the little angel suffer from any more trauma.
Nevertheless, after visiting the psychologist, the doctor failed to spot a problem with the little girl.
Kendrick was hurt to see Niamh being so busy. After having dinner, Kendrick had Niamh turn in earlier for the day for some rest.
Niamh was indeed lethargic. She was in a daze and slept only for a few hours before waking up early in the morning.
She glanced at the man beside her who was sound asleep and cautiously took out the second bottle of reagent from her purse.
Previously, she took two drops of it to run an experiment. It would not affect its usage.
Adam said that to be on the safe side, it was better to use it once a week. It was already the second week today.
The main reason why she was following Adam’s orders was that Niamh noticed that Kendrick had stopped coughing lately and the researchers at the lab also clarified that the elements of the reagent were safe to use.
Niamh got the reagent prepared, then walked to the bedside before gently lifting Kendrick’s hand to look for a vein.
Kendrick slowly opened his eyes and saw Niamh injecting the liquid into him. He stared at her quietly, enduring the icy cold sensation that was spreading to every corner of his body. Following that was the bout of intense pain.
Niamh, who was slowly pressing the plunger of the needle, suddenly paused when she saw a familiar gaze looking at her. Her heartbeat started pumping hard. She lifted her gaze and saw Kendrick’s deep-set eyes.
Niamh’s heart skipped a beat as she did not expect Kendrick to be wide awake!
She pushed the plunger and injected all of the liquid into Kendrick before quickly taking out the needle.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.